About the Center

Thematic Priorities

Based on potential for impact, institutional strengths, and perceived needs, Center leaders and stakeholders have identified four primary themes to guide initial collaborations and efforts.

• Strengthening systems to improve health and health equity, including creative approaches with the private sector (e.g., human resource development, collaborative care models, supply-chain, and access)
• Addressing and informing policy on the social and environmental determinants of health (e.g., climate change, food security, education, health economics, and economic development)
• Developing technical solutions for health equity (e.g., artificial intelligence and data science approaches, telehealth tools, and systems)
• Empowering women as effectors of health for themselves, their families, and their communities

As a result, multi-disciplinary Challenge Groups engaging faculty across our campus have convened to further design approaches and specific projects that leverage our collective expertise to maximize impact. At the same time, work is underway to establish new functions and resources through the Center that will enable and empower anyone at U-M, regardless of their research interest or field, to engage in global health and find others with similar interests across the community.